MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Popular South Beach bar and hotel The Clevelander is suing the City of Miami Beach.
Attorneys representing the hotel filed the lawsuit in Miami-Dade Circuit Court on Monday, saying, “The city has declared war on South Beach’s famed entertainment district.”
This comes just days after the commission rolled back the 5 a.m. last call for businesses in the entertainment district along Ocean Drive.
The... [...]
MIAMI – A Honduran American family’s search for 16-year-old Dayana “Diani” Gómez who vanished on Saturday morning ended in tragedy.
Dayana went out for a run about 6 a.m. on Saturday, and she turned up dead about 5:20 p.m. on Sunday, according to Officer Kiara Delva, a spokeswoman for the department.
Miami Fire Rescue personnel responded to 1200 NE 79 St., near the Pelican Harbour’s boat ramp, and pronounced Dayana dead... [...]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Investigators are looking into whether an arson suspect arrested late last week is involved in the murder of his pregnant girlfriend.
Keith Martin Perkins, 26, is locked up at the Main Jail in Broward County, and on Monday a judge decided to raise his bond from $20,000 to $30,000.
Records show Hollywood police arrested Perkins on Friday on arson charges.
Detectives haven’t said if his arrest... [...]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Florida game regulators took a tentative step toward allowing the catching and killing of goliath groupers.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission told its staff on Wednesday to craft a regulation it has proposed that would allow 100 goliaths to be caught and kept annually during a four-year period.
Supported by fishing groups, the proposed limited harvest calls for a lottery to issue... [...]
MIAMI – A Miami code compliance officer who accused a commissioner of pushing her on the job has now been fired for insubordination.
Suzann Nicholson filed a workman’s comp claim for injuries after she says she was pushed by Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla when she encountered him at an illegal party in February and was told by her supervisors to cover it up.
The alleged altercation isn’t apparent on police video that was... [...]
